Air Commodore Robert Christie

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Service number 662
Ranks Held Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
Birth Date 05/08/1883
Birth Place Australia: Queensland, Maryborough
Death Date 06/02/1957
Death Place Australia: Queensland, Bundaberg
Final Rank Air Commodore
Service Australian Imperial Force
Unit 51st Australian Infantry Battalion
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  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945

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    Group portrait of the officers of the 51st Battalion. Identified from left to right, back row: ...

    Outdoor group portrait of the Band of the 51st Battalion. This image was published in the ...

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Date of birth 05/08/1883
Date of embarkation 21/12/1914
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 24/11/1914 5th Light Horse Regiment.
Date promoted 05/07/1915 Appointed honorary lieutenant.
Other 05/07/1915 Quartermaster.
Date promoted 26/03/1916 Appointed second lieutenant.
Other units 26/03/1916 51st Battalion.
Date promoted 27/03/1916 Appointed captain.
Date promoted 09/09/1916 Appointed major.
Date promoted 23/10/1917 Appointed lieutenant colonel.
Date of recommendation honour or award 04/10/1917
Other 23/10/1917 Commanding Officer 51st Battalion.
Date of recommendation honour or award 05/05/1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 06/10/1918
Date returned to Australia 14/07/1919
Date of death 06/02/1957

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